# Epigrammaton Libri 2.11

Martial, Epigrammaton Libri, Poem 2.11. Latin.

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Quod fronte Selium nubila uides, Rufe,
quod ambulator porticum terit seram,
lugubre quiddam quod tacet piger uoltus,
quod paene terram nasus indecens tangit,
quod dextra pectus pulsat et comam uellit:
non ille amici fata luget aut fratris,
uterque natus uiuit et precor uiuat,
salua est et uxor sarcinaeque seruique,
nihil colonus uilicusque decoxit.
Maeroris igitur causa quae? Domi cenat.

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